Business Briefs: National Penn Promotes John Bilinski

Friday, March 15, 2013

BOYERTOWN — National Penn Bancshares, Inc. (Nasdaq: NPBC) has promoted John Bilinski to senior vice president in the bank’s Loan Review department. He reports to Robert Starr, executive vice president and director of Loan Review.

Bilinski is responsible for reviewing the bank’s commercial loan portfolios and ensuring strong asset quality is maintained, loans are properly underwritten and appropriate credit administration practices are followed. He has over 30 years of experience in the financial services industry with Sovereign Bank, Corestates Bank and Meridian Bank among his previous employers.

Bilinski joined National Penn in 2010. He has an accounting degree from Muhlenberg College in Allentown and is a Certified Public Accountant. Bilinski resides in Reiffton.

Hollenbach Construction Inc. promotes Glenn Ebersole

BOYERTOWN — Hollenbach Construction Inc. has named Glenn Ebersole as strategic vice president, business development/marketing. Ebersole’s previous title was director of strategic business development. Ebersole is a member of Hollenbach’s strategic leadership team and is responsible for leading the strategic business development, marketing and public relations efforts for the construction management and general contracting organization.

Before joining Hollenbach Construction in November, 2011, Ebersole was the director of strategic marketing for LMA Consulting Group where he led the strategic marketing efforts. Prior to that he was the founder and chief executive of J.G. Ebersole Associates, an independent professional engineering, marketing and project management consulting firm where he provided professional services as an owner’s project manager/representative for a diverse list of clients and projects.

Ebersole has a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and a Master of Engineering Degree in Engineering Science from The Pennsylvania State University and is a Registered Professional Engineer in PA, MD, NJ, DE and VT. Glenn and his wife Helen live in Lancaster Township.

Allebach appointed to Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA board

BOYERTOWN — The Pottstown law firm of Yergey Daylor Allebach Scheffey Picardi announced that David L. Allebach, Jr., Esquire, a partner in the Firm’s Pottstown office, was recently appointed to the Board of the newly created Philadelphia Freedom Valley Forge YMCA. The Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA is the result of a merger between the YMCA of Philadelphia & Vicinity and the Freedom Valley YMCA. The organization has 15 branches; serving 140,000 members throughout Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties.

Allebach has been a partner in Yergey Daylor Allebach Scheffey Picardi for 13 years; but maintained a law practice in the Pottstown area for over 45 years. Yergey Daylor Allebach Scheffey Picardi has offices in Pottstown, Montgomery County and Elverson, Chester County.

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